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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Today’s Automation Anxiety Was Alive and Well in 1960

Harvard Business Review

And, like any new technology making its entrance into office life, it was met with profoundly mixed feelings. But behind the fear, excitement, and macroeconomics of it all are the people and places that are deeply affected by new and different technology, day in and day out. How technology is changing the way we work.

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Revealing The New Realities Of Employee Engagement

Tanveer Naseer

Demand for information often outstrips what you and your managers are able to supply: the consequence is a lack of clarity, which erodes confidence in leadership and strategic direction. Technology convergence won’t just create new product opportunities; it will also increase the challenge of staying ahead of the curve.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

Connectors in the middle. Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Breaking the Command-and-Control Reflex

Harvard Business Review

But he believes that too many of his managers still operate in a " command-and-control reflex." They're a lot like he was earlier in his career: good at holding subordinates accountable but bad at setting clear expectations.

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What "The Internship" Gets Right (and Wrong) about Mid-Career Internships

Harvard Business Review

It provides a cost effective and low-risk way to engage with mid-career professionals seeking to return to work. (I When I returned to work at an investment firm at age 42, after 11 years out of the full-time workforce, I was the grandmother of the operation. I wrote about this trend in the November 2012 issue of HBR.)

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